--- In
Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "marcelbernards"
<marcelbernards@...> wrote:
>
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Phil Moore" <prmoore@> wrote:
> >
> > I have a project where I will be soldering a large number of tssops
> > and 44 pin plccs. They boards already have the discrete smd's on
> > them, top and bottom. I'm trying to figure out a way to quickly
> solder
> > a package.
> There was an article in a recent Dutch elector mag about hacking a cheap
> small oven for reflow soldering smd packages. Nice project....
>
> I tried putting a PCB on a very hot iron upside down and that seems to
> work too. It depends on the soldering paste quality used. (low melting
> temp)
> I bought a small amount (+/-300g) at a local electronics dump store ($5)
> Some others suggest a cheap electric cooker and drop the PCB on that
> for a short while.
There is a Yahoogroup on the subject of using toaster ovens for this
sort of thing. Look through the archives and files there.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/E-Z_Bake/?yguid=75167566There is also an article in a past Seattle Robotics newsletter on the
same thing, and I seem to recall someone mentioning an article in Nuts
N Volts.
Steve Greenfield